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can't switch profiles

Open bruvio opened this issue 1 year ago • 12 comments

installed on mac 14.6.1 using firefox 130.0 (64-bit) and after creating a new profile it does not switch.

bruvio avatar Oct 03 '24 08:10 bruvio

Did you ever get it working? I just installed on Mac as well (15.0.1), the extension is installed and it sees the two profiles I created previously but I can't find a way to switch between them.

joseb552 avatar Oct 16 '24 23:10 joseb552

Did you try the solution here? @bruvio @joseb552 https://github.com/null-dev/firefox-profile-switcher/issues/106#issuecomment-2010011532

MYanello avatar Nov 02 '24 20:11 MYanello

It was installed on MacOS 15.1.1 M2 Pro so using arm64 with brew. I completed the installation, and clicking on profiles does nothing. Kapture 2024-11-21 at 08 18 03

tried the config fix ~/.config/firefoxprofileswitcher/config.json with no change.

philhoyt avatar Nov 21 '24 13:11 philhoyt

How do you restart after running

echo "{"browser_binary": "C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe"}" >> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\FirefoxProfileSwitcher\native-connector

I tried running this executable after killing it

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\FirefoxProfileSwitcher\native-connector\firefox-profile-switcher-connector.exe

But that creates a new window for the process and the firefox profile switcher thinks the connector is not running and shows the "install not complete" dialog... I might have to restart ...

I checked in services but I could not find a service by that name to restart

MariaGuadalupeHaizea avatar Nov 24 '24 11:11 MariaGuadalupeHaizea

After an unnecessary reboot, I still get the " setup incomplete warning"

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It looks like the above command line was wrong

This was the config.json file

C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\FirefoxProfileSwitcher\native-connector

{
    "allowed_extensions": [
        "[email protected]"
    ],
    "description": "Profile Switcher for Firefox",
    "name": "ax.nd.profile_switcher_ff",
    "path": "firefox-profile-switcher-connector.exe",
    "type": "stdio"
}

{"browser_binary": "C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe"}

I am trying the following instead

{
    "allowed_extensions": [
        "[email protected]"
    ],
    "description": "Profile Switcher for Firefox",
    "name": "ax.nd.profile_switcher_ff",
    "path": "firefox-profile-switcher-connector.exe",
    "type": "stdio"
	"browser_binary": "C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe"
}

The warning does not go away, I will restart the computer again

MariaGuadalupeHaizea avatar Nov 24 '24 12:11 MariaGuadalupeHaizea

After a reboot, it still does not work

MariaGuadalupeHaizea avatar Nov 24 '24 12:11 MariaGuadalupeHaizea

I found a solution to fix this issue: you need to open up about:profiles, set another profile as default, and then switch back to your intended default profile. There are some times when an update messes up the extension and leaves it unable to recognize one's profiles, but i've managed to get it to run again using the process I described

chocoagua avatar Dec 04 '24 08:12 chocoagua

bump, tried all solutions including above comment to no avail

dpaci avatar Jan 11 '25 13:01 dpaci

Also having the same issue on Arch Linux, it will not switch profiles when I click them.

rods012 avatar Feb 10 '25 15:02 rods012

After trying all the solutions for me the extension does not work. I will definitely remove it.

DataFisherman avatar Feb 28 '25 12:02 DataFisherman

Hey linux users,

~/.config/firefoxprofileswitcher/config.json this is a configuration location for Linux, not Mac.

Hey mac users,

I've recently got this working in my Mac, the config path for mac is different from Linux, here it is.

~/Library/Preferences/ax.nd.nulldev.FirefoxProfileSwitcher/config.json

OS: Sonoma Firefox was installed using brew install firefox

pulbhaba avatar Mar 08 '25 00:03 pulbhaba

@pulbhaba

What changes did you make in the config.json file on mac to get it working?

mihir965 avatar Oct 10 '25 17:10 mihir965